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Berta Isabel Cáceres Flores (4 March 1973 – 3 March 2016) was a Honduran environmental activist and indigenous leader of the Lenca people, and co-founder and co-ordinator of the Council of Popular and Indigenous Organizations of Honduras (COPINH). She won the Goldman Environmental Prize in 2015.

She was killed in a private residence by armed intruders, after years of threats against her life.

Activism
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In 2013, a joint venture project between Chinese company Sinohydro and Honduran company Desarrollos Energéticos began to construct a dam on the Blanco River. The indigeneous Lenca people of the area claimed they had not been consulted on the project, as is required by law, and further claimed that the dam would compromise their access to water, and therefore their traditional way of life.

Cáceres led COPINH in a protest at the construction site to prevent the companies from accessing the land, and protesters were regularly removed from the site by security officers. She also organised legal actions and community meetings against the project, and took the case to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights.

During this campaign, Cáceres and two other indigenous leaders were charged with "usurpation, coercion and continued damages" for allegedly inciting others to commit these crimes during the protests. In response to the charges, Amnesty International stated that, if imprisoned, Amnesty International would consider them prisoners of conscience.

Sinohydro withdrew from the project due to COPINH's protests, but Desarrollos Energéticos continued, moving the construction site to another location to avoid the blockade. Other local business leaders supported the project, and criminal charges were laid against Cáceres for incitement. On 20 February 2016, over 100 protesters were detained by security while protesting, and threats against the organisation began to increase.

Death
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Cáceres was killed in a private home in La Esperanza (Intibucá) by armed intruders on the morning of 3 March 2016. Her brother was also injured in the incident.

Prior to this, Cáceres had been awarded precautionary measures from the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights as a result of the various threats that had been made against her; in 2013, she told Al Jazeera, "The army has an assassination list of 18 wanted human rights fighters with my name at the top. I want to live, there are many things I still want to do in this world but I have never once considered giving-up fighting for our territory, for a life with dignity, because our fight is legitimate. I take lots of care but in the end, in this country where there is total impunity I am vulnerable… when they want to kill me, they will do it." However, on the day of her death, Cáceres was not under any protection - the Honduran security minister claimed that she was not at the place which she had named as her home.

A response to Cáceres' death from the U.S. Ambassador to Honduras condemned the crime and called for a "prompt and thorough investigation."